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"Growing up" children: current child-rearing practices among immigrant Jamaican families
1Lienhard School of Nursing, Pace University, Pleasantville, NY, USA. eyearwood@fsmail.pace.edu
Purpose:
To explore and describe current child-rearing practices within immigrant Jamaican families living in the United States.
Methods:
This ethnographic study (N = 16, ages 9-60+) sought to gain an emic perspective of participants' experience with the phenomenon. Interpretive interactionism as a method looked at the process of child rearing in order to uncover meaning of significant events related to this practice.
Findings:
Historical factors affecting the parents' own growing up experience and their experience with and perception of dominant culture values guided their child-rearing practices.
Conclusions:
The goal of child rearing for this immigrant group centered on raising a spiritual, respectful, knowledgeable, and competent child who would be equipped with necessary skills to survive in this society.